Jean-Baptiste Bernard Viénot de Vaublanc

Jean-Baptiste Bernard Viénot de Vaublanc , knight of the Legion of honor, born on September 17th 1761 with Ouanaminthe with Santo Domingo with the Cape-French, (Cape-Haitian nowadays), dead on December 19th 1812 in Lithuania. Wire of Alive-François Viénot de Vaublanc. Second younger brother of Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc.

Biography

He is pupil of the military academy of Paris.
is 16 years old it goes back to Saint-Domingue to conduct its first campaign to it.
It took share with the Guerre of American independence as a lieutenant with the Voluntary Hunters of Saint-Domingue, constitutional body of voluntary French colonists of the Antilles.
on March 12th 1779, it took share with the Siège of Savannah (Georgia) and with the combat carried out by La Motte Picquet.
It accepted in thanks, him and other French officers, territorial concessions on behalf of the very new US government.
Reformed on March 6th 1780.
Bodyguard in the Villeroy countryside, on September 28th 1783, Second lieutenant with the hunters of the Alps, on September 23rd, 1784.
Lieutenant with Xe regiment of hunter.
Captain of the national police on June 15th 1791.
Appointed general adjudant, major on May 18th 1792.
on March 8th, 1793, it is named adjudant-general, chief of Brigade by Pichegru, and was in this quality left the Armée with the Rhine.

Affected with the 6th division of the Reed general.
In October 1793, it is relieved by Jean-Nicolas Pache then by Jean-Baptiste Bouchotte, as being too moderate, and of noble origin. It is maintained all the same in its functions by the representative of the people.
on June 7th, 1794, it marries Marie-Charlotte Sophie Pion of Mieslot.
on October 9th, 1794, it is again suspended of its functions, but this terrorist time like .
on January 15th, 1795, it east restores in these functions by the Sevestre representative.
on April 3rd, 1795, it resigns and is fixed at Besancon.
In May 1795, it is stopped for its political activities with his/her beautiful father, Antoine Pion
It is named, in March 1796, administrator of the central school of Doubs.
on February 7th, 1800, it did not have any more a rank when, on duke proposal of Feltre, it is named Inspecteur with the Reviews. For its " integrity sévère" and its " remarkable activité". He is affected in the department of the Apple-brandy.

the body of the inspector to the reviews lately creates, also called guard of the treasures of the large army , was charged to control manpower, of the pay, the administration of the troops in each army, the inspector with the reviews is under the responsibility of the general ordnance officer responsible for the intendance of each army.
In 1803, it is affected with Montpellier. It is in this city that was born his/her son Vincent-Victor Henri Viénot de Vaublanc.
In 1807, It takes part in the campaigns of Spain, and the Portugal while being named, by Napoleon, Inspecteur as a chief with the Reviews, of the body of observation of the Gironde ordered by the general Junot, of the army of Spain which enters Lisbon on November 30th, 1807. (An army of 25000 men joins together in Bayonne, which is reduced to 1500 men on his arrival in Lisbon).
It is named member of the council of Portugal, chaired by the general governor Junot, duke of Abrantès, where it exerts the functions of secretary.
the council of Portugal settles initially with the palate of Queluz during the occupation of the French Army of Lisbon and of the part country centers, in 1807 and 1808, under the terms of the agreements Franco-Spanish materialized by the treaty of Fontainebleau.
In 1812, it is named inspector as a chief with the reviews of the Large army and for this reason prepares actively the countryside of Russia, called to belong to forwarding, in spite of the exhortations of the marshal Berthier and of its followed family it the Large army, although being in bad health.

At the time of the retirement of Russia, it saved a table of a great value of the fire of Moscow by putting it in its attachment. But soon, it had to continue with foot the sword with the hand the foot ensanglanté, feverish, it arrived all the same in Gambinen to Prussia close to Vilnus in Lithuania where it succumbed of the continuations of tirednesses of the war. In a letter which he had written towards France he justified his step: " what a would be my madness to be come up to now, if the most legitimate reasons had led me there! ".

With him also a work disappeared which it was to make publish in connection with the military administration.

In conclusion, we can add that he was agent of the keys of the Treasuries under the poor empire but mourrut without richness nor majorat.

Works

critical Considerations over the new era in connection with the republican calendar. Paris Mestayer, has, IX-1801 (speech presumedly held in front of the Council of the Five Hundreds (text on Gallica)

Sources

Patent of inspector , Re-examined of February 7th, 1800, which summarizes its military campaigns.
Books Charles Fourier , number out of the ordinary, 1995, pp. 68-69).

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